The only time we experience this problem is when the board supplier quality is poor. Try doing a solder shock at 288 C for 10 seconds then microsection. If you see trace separation, reject the boards to your supplier and tell him to get his act together. Bryan Kerr Alenia Marconi Scotland ----- Original Message ----- From: Art Fisher <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 8:08 PM Subject: [TN] Traces > Has anyone experienced problems with inner traces separating from barrels? > How much does excessive heating during hand soldering contribute to this? > Art > > ################################################################ > TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > ################################################################ > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet > ################################################################ > Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 > ################################################################ > > ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################